Improvement in combined door-fasteners and key-rings



To all `whom, it may concernV full, clear, and exact "description y enablecthers skilled lin the art tomake and use the.

` p ing forming parts.

. ,proved combined door- `sh'all be simple in construction tion in eithe'r capacity; andy -theriv'e't a 0,-by which the said compensator is hinged to the 7 claw or hook tor C am@eea-aat e. j e am.

f BRYANT n; .initiallyDit',` oli-MANCHESTER., New HAMPSHIREL Lam Patent Nq. 193,068, daad May 17, 1870.

. mpRoveMf-.NT m COMBINED Doon-FASTENERS AND KEY-RINGS. i

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters `Patent: and making part of the same Manchesteninthecounty of Hillsborough and State of` New Hampshire, have invented a new. and useful Improvement in Combined Door-Fastencrand Key` Bing;` and I do'hereby declareV that the following is a thereof,` whichf will same,` reference being hadto the accompanying drawpart of this specification. Figure 1 is aside view ot' my improved doorastener and key-ring. f i Figure2-is adetail sectional Vview ofthe same, taken l through the line x x, fig. 3.

j lFigure 3 is a rear "edge view of the same. VSimilar letters oflref'erence indicate corresponding My invention has for its object to furnish an i'mastener and key-ring, which and effective in opera- It consists in the construction and combination of the Vvarious parts of the` instrument, as hereinafter more fully described. p'

Aare the side pieces, which are connectedrto each `other by the rivets ala?.`

' p .The pieces A are slotted,`as shown in tigs. 1 and 2, v. to receive thebroad-headed rivetras, Vby which the` f -claw- B and'compensator i/are hinged to thesaid ,lhe outer edges of. the slotted parts'of the pieces are turned in or ianged, as `shown in gs 2 and 3.

"The inner part `or baseyof the hook or claw B is niadea little narrower than the space between the said parts A, for' the purpose of enabling it .to pass and work between the `anges a4 of. the parts A, and to allow space atthe sides` of the eye through which passes for the ears c ot' the compensator said rivets ai.

Upon the forward or free 'end ot' the claw or hook B is formed a cla-w orv hook, b', with a sharp edge, which, when the instrumentis used as a door-fastener,

is forced into the casing of'` the; door by the operation of closing the door. i y l D isl a small spring catch, the base ot' Which is. se-

cured to a narrow plate, 'ft-",formed solid with, or securely attached to the inner-edges of' the part-s A, as shown` in fig. 1, and which spring catch, when the B is closed down, passesthrough'a hole in the said claw` B, and -holds it sccurelyin place.

t In the end of the claw 0 1` hook'B, or, rather, in the outerside of the hooker claw lf'of said hook or claw, B, is formed a smallgroove to Vreceive the thumb or tingerenail, for convenience in operating the said claw oihook. 4 r Upon the sidee ges of the base of the compensaare formedflug's or ears, c', which embrace theI M O-dh-b--u l l Y eye of the claw or hook B, and through whichthe rivet a passes.

The lugs or ears c, by resting against the fia-nges a4 ot' the parts A, serve as stops to keep the saidcomf pensatorin place, and, when the hook or claw B is `used for fastening the door, they serve, by resting against the flanges a* of the saidparts A, to take ,the strain from the rivet a, should any one attempt to open thedoor.

a are projections formed upon, or attached tothe in- Y ner edgesof the parts A, against which the connren-` sator C strikes when the hook orfA olaw- B is.pushcd forward into the position shown in iig. 1, to throw the free end of the compensator C above the rivet al, to allowl it tobe conveniently turned up along-the 'rea-r side of the hook or claw The compensator C is designed to be thus used Vwhen the `space between the free edge of the door and the door-casing is wide, for the purpose of fillingv `up said space, and causing the claw b toibe forced suliciently far into the said casing to take a rm h old upon it.

E is a springarin, upon one end of which is formed `an eye, through which the rivet al passes to hinge the said spring' arm to the'parts A.-A Upon the other end of the spring arm E is forme a hook, which hooks upon the rivet "a2, and holds the saidl spring arm closed, as shown in` iig. 2, the elasticity of the arm holding-it forward upon the said rivet.

'The hinged armrE thus converts the instrument into a key-ring, 'and the weight-ofthe keys only holds "the said arm more securelyin place.

In using the instrument as a doorastener, the

hook or claw B is opened out and placed with its edge b against the door-casing, the compensator C being turned up along its rear side if the space between the door and casing be large.

The door is then closed, and, in closing, kforces the hook l1' firmly into, and holds it in the casing. The parts A are then slipped forward upon the rivet a, as shown in iig. 1, so as to overlap the door and serve as a bolt to securely fasten the door.

Having thus described my invention, I claim Vas new and 4desire to secure by Letters Patentl 1. The combination ofthe spring catch Dand plate a5 with the parts or pieces `A and hook or claw B l1',

substantially as herein shown Aand described, and for and operating 

